On Tuesday, former Hillary Clinton campaign attorney Michael Sussmann was acquitted on charges of lying to the FBI. Some critics were shocked, believing that lying to a government agency with such authority would net you some serious jail time.
However, what Washington Times White House reporter Jeff Mordock claims a Sussmann juror said to “some media” is sure to fuel conspiracies among those who may believe the whole show was rigged from the start.
“Juror speaks to some media after Sussmann verdict ‘I don’t think it should have been prosecuted,’ she said of the case. ‘There are bigger things that affect the nation than a possible lie to the FBI.'”
Juror speaks to some media after Sussmann verdict
“I don’t think it should have been prosecuted,” she said of the case. “There are bigger things that affect the nation than a possible lie to the FBI.”— Jeff Mordock (@JeffMordock) May 31, 2022
Oh, but it gets better.
“‘It was the government’s job to prove it and they succeeded in some ways and not in others,’ she continued. ‘We broke it down and it did not pan out in the government’s favor.’ The woman, who did not give her name, declined to say how she thought the government succeeded.”
“It was the government’s job to prove it and they succeeded in some ways and not in others,” she continued. “We broke it down and it did not pan out in the government’s favor.”
The woman, who did not give her name, declined to say how she thought the government succeeded.
— Jeff Mordock (@JeffMordock) May 31, 2022
This triggered a massive response on Twitter:
Jury pool: pic.twitter.com/K7T3AJiYAV
— NellieC0hrnp0p ☭ (@nelliec0rnp0p) May 31, 2022
If that’s an actual quote from a juror, then the fix was in from the very beginning. Your job on a jury is not to decide whether or not the prosecution was warranted(that’s what a grand jury is for). It’s to decide on a guilty or not guilty verdict.
— AdamInHTownTX (Not a Biologist) (@AdamInHTownTX) May 31, 2022
So now the jurors get to decide whether or not the crime is a crime worth prosecuting. Used to be they just got to decide on the facts of the case, not whether or not they liked the law.
— John Ackermann (@Jojoacke) May 31, 2022
Either she perjured herself or they let her answers slide pic.twitter.com/B7Ui2OzNVw
— Now With 4.3% More Terrible Tweets (@wakeywakey16) June 1, 2022
The question was, “did he lie to investigators?” If this is a real quote then it’s clear that we are seeing a managed verdict not a legitimate jury finding. 🙄
— Steven-o (@steveno88) May 31, 2022
So did the jury decide he was not guilty solely based on all the evidence & testimony? Or on the fact they thought it shouldn’t have been tried in the first place?#JuryNullification
— Trying to point out the BS (@BowdlerizeM) May 31, 2022
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